Hodgson cottages for recreational living: week-end retreats, vacation camps, sportsmen's camps, summer cottages, E. F. Hodgson Co., Inc., Dover, Mass.; 730 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., 1952

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1952

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 3

GUSN

GUSN-356048

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  • Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection
  • Hodgson cottages for recreational living: week-end retreats, vacation camps, sportsmen's camps, summer cottages, E. F. Hodgson Co., Inc., Dover, Mass.; 730 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., 1952
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Description

The plan book has standard manufacturing specifications and standard package prices. Photographic prints and floor plans of designs are included. Text inside the plan book reads "Sixtieth year of continuous production by America's first prefabricator." A price supplement, dated March 9,1953, has been placed inside the plan book.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
houses
vacation houses
sportsmen
camps (recreation areas)
prefabrication
floor plans
retreats (events)
estimates
summer houses (seasonal dwellings)
photographic prints
specifications
recreation
pattern books
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 plan book : photographic prints, plans

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.207

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Dover (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)

Record Details

Originator

E.F. Hodgson Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

pattern books
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

E.F. Hodgson Co.

Subjects

Advertisement
Prefabricated houses
Cottage
Architectural photography
Summer
Recreation
Architecture

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005, Box 3

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